How a French restaurant politely reminds its customers that mobile phones are
not welcome

SIR – I read with interest last week’s article about people tweeting and taking photographs in restaurants and the annoyance it creates for others (“Eat and then tweet...the modern way to dine out”, report, January 27).

In Saint-Émilion, France, there’s a restaurant with a sign at the entrance stating, “Please don’t forget to turn your mobile phone on again when you leave the restaurant”.